#577952 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #577952 works with other colors. Named schemes with #577952 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Fern Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Fern Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Fern Green anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Fern Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Fern Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Fern Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #577952 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #577952 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #577952;
--color-base-rgb: 87 121 82;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(53.9% 0.071 141.4);
--color-50: #F6F9F6;
--color-100: #E8EFE7;
--color-200: #D1DECE;
--color-300: #AFC4AB;
--color-400: #8DA989;
--color-500: #6E8B6A;
--color-600: #586D55;
--color-700: #424F40;
--color-800: #2D352C;
--color-900: #1D211C;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
fern-green: {
50: '#F6F9F6',
100: '#E8EFE7',
200: '#D1DECE',
300: '#AFC4AB',
400: '#8DA989',
500: '#6E8B6A',
600: '#586D55',
700: '#424F40',
800: '#2D352C',
900: '#1D211C',
},
}
$base: #577952; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F6F9F6; $base-100: #E8EFE7; $base-200: #D1DECE; $base-300: #AFC4AB; $base-400: #8DA989; $base-500: #6E8B6A; $base-600: #586D55; $base-700: #424F40; $base-800: #2D352C; $base-900: #1D211C; $base-hover: #466142; $base-subtle: #CCD8CA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#577952",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8EFE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D1DECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AFC4AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8DA989",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6E8B6A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#586D55",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#424F40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}